Friday, March 12, 2010

Modern Charlotte Temple

My modern day version of Charlotte Temple would basically leave the characters with the same names. I really liked their names. Here are the changes:



When Charlotte gets pregnant and Montraville decides to marry Julia, Charlotte goes mad. Since she is against abortion, she won't get rid of the baby. She goes to confront Julia on her wedding day and her and Julia get into a fight. Charlotte ends up falling down the stairs and goes to the hospital, where she learns she has had a miscarriage. Julia blamed the entire fight on Charlotte, so Montraville doesn't believe that Charlotte is innocent. Charlotte becomes depressed and believes that no man will ever love her again. La Rue gives Charlotte several ideas of how to get over Montraville, one of which is to have a sex change and become a man. Charlotte, being young and impressionable, falls in love with this idea, as she thinks she won't be able to have children ever again. Afterall, no man will love her, she may as well start liking women. Charlotte goes away to Mexico to have her sex change operation, and in the meantime, Montraville hears about what happens and finds out the truth from a guilt-stricken Julia. He heads to Mexico to get an annulment and then goes to find Charlotte. However, before he can get to her, Charlotte has had a successful sex change operation and she is now a man. Charlotte, now Charlie, learns that Montraville is right outside her hospital room. Charlie allows Montraville to see him and Montraville apologizes and confesses his undying love to Charlie. As soon as Charlie hears this, he is overwhelmed with emotions. He apologizes for everything that happened with Julia and tells Montraville he still loves him and has never stopped. Montraville says he will love Charlie even as a man, and when Charlie is released from the hospital, they plan to get married. They also plan to adopt a child in a 3rd world country (after hearing about Angelina Jolie's adoptions) and live happily ever after.

1 comment:

  1. Dear Aaron,
    I think you should be a novel writer. I love how you added so many modern topics such as abortion, sex changes, divorce, and essentially gay marriage. I feel like I still got the whole story of Charlotte Temple but feel more entertained.

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